Improvements to the Solution of the Viscous Shock Layer Equations

Abstract : An analysis and numerical solution of the fully viscous shock layer equations for hypersonic flow past blunt nosed bodies is presented. Solutions were obtained using a numerical scheme developed to solve the governing equations simultaneously as a coupled set of equations. Through application of the method to hypersonic flow past hyperboloids, it was found that the method is stable and produces results in good comparison with other methods. The main success of the method lies in its ability of extending the flow field calculations far aft of the nose region.